Challenge for Rohit is to stay fit and play everything from now to the World Cup: Agarkar

Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar feels the challenge for white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma to be fit and be able to play every game from now till the World Cup in 2023.

Rohit's hamstring injury kept him out of the ODI series against South Africa but he will be back to lead the side during the West Indies series, starting Sunday (February 6).

"I think it's a good thing and the right thing to do - to have one captain for white-ball format and now Rohit actually can fly," Agarkar said on Star Sports.

"So, the challenge for Rohit Sharma in my opinion - is to stay fit and play everything that is there, from now to the World Cup in white-ball cricket, because you want the captain that was one of Virat Kohli's strengths or MS Dhoni before that, they rarely missed games, and both were very fit," Agarkar added.

The hamstring has been a recurrent problem which also forced him to miss the first two Test matches as well as the white-ball leg of the tour of Australia in 2020-21.

(With inputs from PTI)